While Earth Day is officially tomorrow, April 22nd, there are plenty of events through the week to help bring awareness to our planet. Earth Day began in 1970 at a time of increased awareness of global issues, the war in Vietnam was raging on, Americans who were consuming gas at record rates and about to hit…
Food Talks Vol 12 – April 27
Spring is here and with the coming growing season it’s time for a new season of Food Talks. Food Talks Volume 12 hosted by Vancouver Foodster, Richard Wolak, is coming up next week, bringing a new cycle of great speakers to discuss their food based businesses and relation to the local food chain. This edition of Food…
Friday Finds: Silk Road Teabags
Since 1992, Silk Road Tea has created a name for itself as one of the foremost purveyors of organic loose tea as well as skin and body products. From the shops located in Victoria’s historic Chinatown and Victoria Public Market, owner and Chief Tea Ambassador, Daniela Cubelic has established a reputation for creating unique tea…
Invisible Threads at Vancouver Maritime Museum
Last week, a very interesting and historic exhibit opened at Vancouver Maritime Museum, Invisible Threads: Life Saving Sugihara Visas and the Journey to Vancouver. The exhibit tells the history of thousands of Jewish refugees who fled Nazi occupied Europe and were able to escape to Japan as a result of Japanese vice-council to Lithuania, Chiune Sugihara….
Picks of the Week – April 15, 2015
It’s already mid-April, when will the April showers start to wane to make way for the May flowers? Here’s the picks of the week to brighten your day. Games: The big focus for the week will be on Vancouver Canucks as they host Calgary Flames for Game 1 & 2 of the NHL Playoffs on Wednesday…
Farewell, My Lovely at The Arts Club Theatre
The Arts Club Theatre Company has brought the cinema to the stage with the opening of Farewell, My Lovely at the Granville Island Stage. While the Raymond Chandler classic detective novel has been put to film three times and performed as radio plays, this is the first stage adaptation. The new play was developed as a Silver Commission Project,…
2015 MTV Movie Awards
Sunday night, the 2015 MTV Movie Awards were televised from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Hosted by the hilarious, and often very blue, comedian Amy Schumer, who mocked nearly every big movie and actor of the year to mostly big laughs. While the show celebrates the past year in movies it also promotes a lot of…